- Jul 18, 2012
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Hello,
I am looking into upgrading my Aunt’s sound system. They currently have a cheap sound bar that’s not loud enough, and they have a hard time hearing dialog in certain movie scenes. There is currently no subwoofer. I was thinking of doing a 5.1 setup. But their budget is around $500, maybe slightly higher if really necessary. I think this would put a receiver with a passive sound bar combination out of reach. A SONOS Beam and 2 PLAYS:1s in the back would probably be obtainable within budget on black friday, but the SONOS subwoofer would put the system way over. And they don’t need the system for music, just TV. Is there a system where both rear surrounds can wirelessly communicate independently? I looked into Bose sound link a while back, but it had almost no customization for balancing things and stuff.
I also looked into doing in ceiling speakers to get more control over speaker placement (front speakers further apart)). This is a retrofit, and the joists in the picture run left to right. So I can run the speaker wire behind crown molding vertically down the room and horizontally through each bay. But since each speaker would end up in a separate bay, if there turn out to be pipes or something in one of the bays, that would really mess things up placement wise. For this option, I was thinking $180 to $220 for a refurbished 5.1ch receiver, 5x $40 8inch ceiling speakers ($200), a subwoofer ($100), plus the little things like speaker wire.
The dotted line in the pictures is a wall up to about waist height, one of the speakers would sit on it, at or slightly below ear level when sitting.
Any feedback?
Example photos here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/UbZSAKGpkaEbfbmM8
Thanks
I am looking into upgrading my Aunt’s sound system. They currently have a cheap sound bar that’s not loud enough, and they have a hard time hearing dialog in certain movie scenes. There is currently no subwoofer. I was thinking of doing a 5.1 setup. But their budget is around $500, maybe slightly higher if really necessary. I think this would put a receiver with a passive sound bar combination out of reach. A SONOS Beam and 2 PLAYS:1s in the back would probably be obtainable within budget on black friday, but the SONOS subwoofer would put the system way over. And they don’t need the system for music, just TV. Is there a system where both rear surrounds can wirelessly communicate independently? I looked into Bose sound link a while back, but it had almost no customization for balancing things and stuff.
I also looked into doing in ceiling speakers to get more control over speaker placement (front speakers further apart)). This is a retrofit, and the joists in the picture run left to right. So I can run the speaker wire behind crown molding vertically down the room and horizontally through each bay. But since each speaker would end up in a separate bay, if there turn out to be pipes or something in one of the bays, that would really mess things up placement wise. For this option, I was thinking $180 to $220 for a refurbished 5.1ch receiver, 5x $40 8inch ceiling speakers ($200), a subwoofer ($100), plus the little things like speaker wire.
The dotted line in the pictures is a wall up to about waist height, one of the speakers would sit on it, at or slightly below ear level when sitting.
Any feedback?
Example photos here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/UbZSAKGpkaEbfbmM8
Thanks
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